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Two factors dominate the development of batteries for electric vehicles: power, which determines the vehicle range; and cost, critical in the…

By analyzing tiny lunar zircon crystals gathered by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972, researchers recalculated the age of the Earth's moon. Although…

They don't know it, but Charles Darwin's finches changed the world. These closely related species — native to the Galapagos Islands — each sport a…

Robotic prosthetic ankles controlled by nerve impulses allow amputees to move more "naturally," thereby improving their stability, according to a new…

In mid-November, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to Ottawa, Canada, where he signed a bilateral research…

Gigatons of greenhouse gas are trapped under the seafloor, and that's a good thing. Around the coasts of the continents, where slopes sink down into…

In a study supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and published in the journal PNAS, researchers have extracted the first ancient…

An international research team has taken a decisive step toward a new generation of atomic clocks. By using nuclear, rather than electronic…

Hydrogen is viewed as a promising alternative to fossil fuel, but the methods used to make it either generate too much carbon dioxide or are too…

On Nov. 4, U.S. National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan traveled to Austin, Texas, where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award…